The Ohio 12th District Court of Appeals yesterday sided with the Cincinnati Enquirer in holding that Warren County, Ohio Common Pleas Court Judge Neal Bronson should first have held a hearing prior to not allowing a reporter observe jurors on a trip to a crime scene in a recent case that Paper reported this morning. ( Article )
The 12th. District followed precedent set almost 25 years ago by the Ohio Supreme Court holding that "[a]ppropriate deference is given to [the public's] rightof access when the petitioner is given an opportunity to be heard at a proceeding wherehe may voice his objections… [t]he presumption of openness may be overcome only by an overriding interest based on findings that closure is essential to preserve higher values and is narrowly tailored to serve that interest." [ See State ex rel. The Repository, Div. of Thompson Newspapers, Inc. v. Unger (1986), 28 Ohio St.3d 418, 421]
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